On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 1:03:30 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:

Yes and no. I've broken steel pedal spindles catastrophically. Spokes go all at once. Steel fasteners snap -- axles, too. Lots of steel things will snap, including bars after enough high energy fatigue cycles.

-- Jay Beattie.

I broke a Look steel pedal spindle on a couple of occasions. Had steel saddle rails break off and steel spokes break in one swell foop. I have seen steel bicycle frames fail suddenly and steel bars suddenly bend upon hitting a pothole.

Nothing is permanent in this world so I got used to it.